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I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

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John Bolton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 20
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John Robert Bolton
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Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.
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It was right to overthrow Saddam Hussein. It was the regime itself that was a threat. I think in hindsight, what I would have done is turn authority back over to Iraqis much more quickly and say: Your country, you figure out how to run it.
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I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.
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Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.
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Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.
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Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free.
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If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world. All international laws are invalid, meaningless attempts to constrict American power.
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I'm not sure history has ended.
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Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.
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The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of life. It is clear that Iran is cynically manipulating gullible (or equally cynical) Europeans to advance its development of weapons of mass destruction.
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You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that…there is a limit to what that accomplishes.
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We need a strong and effective State Department. We can't conduct American affairs in the world without it.
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I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
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I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it.
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People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
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I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.
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There's no such thing as the United Nations.
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